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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Progress

It's been a long time since Lake Tahoe last year, and I've been pretty quiet lately. There are a few interesting things going on, so let me publicize the major events:

1.) Epic Camp Canada - Flying out on August 18 and returning on August 31.
2.) Ironman Lake Tahoe - This is my main focus for the year.

There have been many reasons for my absence from the internet. Early in the year, school was soul-crushing. With work, training, AND school, there just wasn't enough time or energy to go around. After graduating in June, I had a huge void in my week which I promptly filled with additional training.

My build started the week after graduation (June 16.) My parents and I went to Tahoe for the week, and they were incredibly enthusiastic and supportive of my training. Not only did my dad keep me on track when I almost bailed on riding around the lake, but they also rented a kayak when I wanted to swim in the lake. I can't wait to give them the gift of an awesome Kona vacation in October next year (fingers crossed!!)

Since that week, my training has been incredibly consistent except for a small hiccup with running. I've had five 20+ hour training weeks. The breakdowns of each week:

I've had a few really good workouts that I consider breakthrough workouts:
- Sub-60min Mt. Diablo south gate
- 18:34 Old La Honda
- 16 mile run at 6:16/mi (probably contributed to injuring my foot)
- 148 mile ride from Palo Alto to Santa Cruz and back

Speaking of which, a few weeks ago my foot started hurting. It's mostly better now, but whenever the pace starts creeping into the low 6's, I get super worried. Now, I have to wonder how beneficial fast running is for ironman training. A lot of people on the internet have been criticizing my runs saying they're way too fast. Given that my goal is to run a 3:10 on race day, it's really hard to say. Hard tempo running is something that I *REALLY* enjoy. Since I've been babying my foot post-injury, I've really been missing it. Hopefully I can get back to those soon. I feel like there's a benefit, if only to keep me loving running as much as I do.

Epic Camp is four weeks away. This means I have probably have 2.5 weeks of hard training before I need to start tapering. John Newsom sent out the points sheet a few days ago. The breakdown looks pretty good, and it seems to favor runners and swimmers. There will be a few King of the Mountain competitions for biking, and I believe those will be huge in deciding who wins overall. I'll see what I can do, but my ultimate goal is camp completion. That might be hard enough as-is.

I'm headed to Kirkwood this weekend for some good training. I have a pretty epic ride planned for Saturday, and I haven't finalized my plans for Sunday.

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I'm a 31 year old AG triathlete. I'm mediocre at best, but hard work pays off. I've worked hard for five years, and I finally qualified for Kona at Vineman 2016. 9:25, 3rd in M30-34 and 5th age grouper.